Package-tie



G. W. STOUT.

PACKAGE TIE.

APPLICATION men JUNE 12.19I7.

Patented Nov. 9, 1920.

INVENTOR M,

ATTORNEYS PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE W. STOUT, OF MERQHANTVILLE, NEW JERSEY.

PACKAGE-TIE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 9, 1920.

Application filed June 12, 1917. Serial No. 174,197.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Gnonon W. STOUT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Merchantville, in the county of Camden, state of New Jersey, have invented a new and useful Package-Tie, of which the following is a specification.

My invention consists of a novel construction of a package tie, comprising a body adapted to be made of preferably vulcanized fiber, metal, wood or any other suitable material, possessing the requisite strength and rigidity, the tying cord in my present invention not passing through a hole or eye in the plate or body, which is imperforate, but being adapted to have its knotted end engage the converging walls of a transverse slot in said plate of peculiar formation, so that my invention can be made of one standard size and adapted to be used either for tying small packages, such as a bundle of envelops or the like, or much larger or more bulky bundles or packages, such as a bale of cotton or a bale of hay, provision being made for enabling a small or large tying cord to be employed with equal facility in conjunction with one standard size of plate or body constituting the package tie.

To the above ends my invention consists of a novel construction of package tie, embodying a plate or body portion having a tongue or extension at one end thereof, while the opposite end is provided with an obliquely extending slot, cut or kerf, which'is larger at its mouth than at its inner portion, so that its walls converge inwardly and merge into a transverse slot having also converging walls at the terminus of which the knotted end of the tying cord is adapted to be detachably engaged.

For the purpose of illustrating my invention, I have shown in the accompanying drawing one form thereof which is at present preferred by me, since the same will give in practice satisfactory and reliable results, although it is to be understood that the various instrumentalities of which my invention consists can be variously arranged and organized and that my invention is not limited to the precise arrangement and organization of these instrumentalities as herein shown and described.

Figure 1 represents a perspective view of a package tie embodying my invention, showing also a tying cord and a bundle or package wrapped thereby.

Fig. 2 represents a perspective view of the tie seen in Fig. 1 with the tying cord disengaged therefrom.

Fig. 3 represents a perspective diagram matic view showing the manner in which the tying cord seen in Fig. 1 is employed or looped around the bundle and tie body proper.

Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts.

Referring to the drawings 1 designates my novel construction of package tie, the same comprising a body portion 2 having the side walls 3 and top portion 4, from which projects the extension 5, having the inwardly converging walls 6, which at their point of junction with the top 4 are provided with the recesses 7 The bottom 8 of the tie or, in other words, the edge opposite to the extension 5, is provided with the obliquely extending slot, cut or kerf 9, which merges into the transversely extending slot 10, whose walls converge toward their terminus 11 in which is located the knotted end 12 of the tying cord 13.

At the point of junction of the slots 9 and 10 a somewhat enlarged chamber or recess 14 is formed, so as to facilitate the manipulation of the tying cord, and it will be observed that the outer portion or mouth of the oblique slot 9 is slightly wider than the inner portion, or, in other words, the walls of said oblique slot 9 converge inwardly toward the recess 14.

It will be further seen that by the employment of the converging walls 6 on the extension 5 a narrowed throat is formed at the point 15, whereby the portion of the tying cord which is in engagement therewith is effectively retained in position.

The manner of applying and using my package tie will be apparent from Figs. 1 and 3, the tie 2 being first placed upon the package 16 in substantially the manner shown, and the knotted end 12 being engaged with the terminus 11 of the converging walls 10.

The tging cord 13 is thereafter looped or wrappe around the package and with respect to the coacting recesses and extensions of the tie, as will be understood from Figs. 1 and 3, the free end 17 of the tying cord being finally carried into the oblique slots 9 and lastly drawn against and into the converging walls of the slot .10, so that said free end appears finally as seen in Fig. 1.

It will be apparent that an accidental pull on said free end 17 will not disengage the tying cord, since'it is necessary for the said free end 1'? to be manipulated in a particular way and to be withdrawn through the slots 9 and 10 in a proper sequence, in order to eflfect the untying operation.

It will be apparent that the tying cord can be looped around the throat one 0 more times, if desired.

1 preferably employ in the manufacture oi my novel tie body, the material known as vulcanized fiber, since this is very light and inexpensive to manufacture, and, in ad-' dition, possesses the requisite stiffness, strength and rigidity'to make an effective package tie body, but it will be understood that other materials may be employed, if desired, and the exterior contour of the tie may be changed, so that I reserve the right to make any changes in the form or configuration of my novel package tie which will come within the scope of my invention.

It will now be apparent that I have clevised a novel and useful construction of a package tie, which embodies the features of advantage enumerated as desirable in the statement of the invention and the above description, and while I have, in the present instance, shown and described a preterred embodiment thereof which will be found in practice to give satisfactory and reliable results, it is to beunderstood that the same is susceptible of modification in the opposite end of said tie being provided with an extension projecting at an angle to said transverse slot and having inwardly' converging walls, the junction of said walls with said body being provided with recesses adapted to be engaged by the tying cord.

2. The herein described package tie, comprising a body having at one end an obliquely extendin slot, which is widest at its mouth and provided with inwardly converging walls which merge into a transversely extending slot, also having converging walls, an enlarged chamber being formed at the junction of said slots, an extension at the end of said body opposite to said oblique slot also projectingat an angle to said transverse slot and provided with inwardly. outer converging walls, and curved recesses at the junction of said converging walls with said body. a

a GEORGE W. STOUT. Witnesses:

E. HAYWARD FAIRBANKS,

G. D. MoVAY. 

